Recipients of 最准的六合彩论坛-AIIMS Strategic Partner Funds 2021/22

1 April 2022

Four projects in the areas of healthcare and medicine have been awarded joint funds from 最准的六合彩论坛 and AIIMS, New Delhi

In the third annual 最准的六合彩论坛-AIIMS, New Delhi Strategic Partner Funds call, four 最准的六合彩论坛 academics and their counterparts at AIIMS were awarded seed funds for joint projects.

Each project received up to 拢10,000, jointly contributed by 最准的六合彩论坛 and AIIMS, to support research projects in healthcare and medicine, which are areas of strong collaboration for the two institutions.

Last year, 最准的六合彩论坛 speakers joined two discussions hosted by AIIMS, New Delhi to share experiences of managing COVID-19, and six joint projects were awarded funds under the 2020/21 call for collaborative projects.

One of this year鈥檚 recipients, Dr Enrico Bugiardini, said:听鈥淲e鈥檙e delighted to have the support of 最准的六合彩论坛 and AIIMS for our collaborative first study of causes of the debilitating neuromuscular disease FSHD in the Indian population. From important previous work by collaborators in Leiden, we know different populations can show genetic differences in FSHD, relevant to diagnosis. We hope our study will help us to understand for the first time if this also applies to FSHD patients of Indian ethnicity, so clinicians around the world can be mindful of this as they work to diagnose patients with suspected FSHD.鈥�

Enrico鈥檚 counterpart at AIIMS, Dr Vishnu VY, added:听鈥淢any patients with suspected FSHD and their families come to our neuromuscular clinics in AIIMS, Delhi. Our current diagnostic approach is via physical examination and laboratory tests, not genetics. We hope our study鈥檚 data will represent the start a lasting collaboration that will enable clinicians in AIIMS and other centres in India to generate genetic results and deliver diagnoses to their FSHD patient communities.鈥�

Congratulations to all the 2021/22 recipients:

Lead 最准的六合彩论坛 academic	Faculty	Project
Dr Enrico Bugiardini	Brain Sciences	The first investigation of the genetic causes of Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) in the Indian population
Prof John Anderson	Population Health Sciences	The role of cell free DNA in Retinoblastoma diagnosis and management
Dr Victoria Garfield听	Population Health Sciences	A multidisciplinary approach to understanding the interrelationships between Sleep quality, brain morphometry And Cognition (a SOLACE study): comparison between individuals residing in India vs the UK
Prof Karl Friston听	Brain Sciences	Brain network dynamics preceding interictal epileptiform discharges in epilepsy

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